NCAAB

Murray St.
Racers
(20-7)

SE Missouri St.
Redhawks
(8-19)

Murray St.

SE Missouri St.

Cape Girardeau, MO (Sports Network) - Leon Powell had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks to a 64-57 victory over the Murray State Racers in an Ohio Valley Conference battle.

Marland Smith and Anthony Allison both had 14 points for Southeast Missouri State (8-19, 6-10), which got 12 points from Lucas Nutt.

B.J. Jenkins scored 18 points in defeat for Murray State (20-7, 12-4), which received 10 points and 12 rebounds from Ivan Aska.

Southeast Missouri State shot 52.2 percent from the floor in the first half and led 30-18 at intermission.

Over the final 20 minutes, the Redhawks scored 18 points from the foul line to seal the win.

Strong defense was key to the win for Southeast Missouri State, which limited Murray State to 39.3 percent field goal efficiency.